regueira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from rego +‎ -eira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈɣejɾa̝/

Noun

regueira f (plural regueiras)

1. stream, brook

   Synonyms: arroio, regato, rego, regueiro

2. ditch

   Synonym: rego

3. (regional) crack (space between the buttocks)

   Synonyms: fendello, raigada

Derived terms

• Regueira
• Regueiral
• Regueiras
• Regueiriña

Related terms

• regueiro
• rego

References

• “regueira” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “regueira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “regueira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “regueira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [heˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [heˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [χeˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁeˈɡe(j).ɾa/ [heˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣej.ɾɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣej.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨˈɡe.ɾɐ/ [ʁɨˈɣe.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: re‧guei‧ra

Etymology 1

From rego (“ditch”) +‎ -eira.

Alternative forms

• regueiro

Noun

regueira f (plural regueiras)

1. ditch (a small channel of water for irrigation or drainage)

Etymology 2

Noun

regueira f (plural regueiras)

1. female equivalent of regueiro